North Carolina Colony

North and South Carolina were one colony until 1729. Carolina was named to honor Charles IX of France and then Charles I and Charles II of England. Carolina is rooted in Latin and comes from the word Caroliinus. This word is derived from the name Carolus, translated as "Charles." The North Carolina was a colony which has few nicknames like the Old North State. In 1729, Carolina was divided into northern and southern sections. "The Old North State" is a reference to the northern section. The stadehood date of this colony is november 21, 1789.

While both the people of the New England region and of the Chesapeake region descended from the same English origin, by 1700 both regions had traveled in two diverse directions. Since both of these groups were beset with issues that were unique to their regions and due to their exposure to different circumstances, each was forced to rethink and reconstruct their societies. As a result, the differences in the motivation, geography, and government in the New England and Chesapeake regions caused great divergence in the development of each.

The colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut made up the New England colonies. Most of the Europeans in the New England colonies were there to escape the religious persecution they faced in England. They practiced a lot of different things in these colonies compared to the middle and southern and colonies of colonial america.

The thirteen colonies started in 1607, before this England tried to do a colony called Jamestown unfortunately it failed to become a colony. Later the king that had tried to start the Jamestown colony died, then in 1607 the new king and queen Elizabeth I decided to try again this time it worked the first colony was called Virginia and was named after Queen Elizabeth I. Virginia was not dominated by a specific religion they welcomed Baptists, Anglicans, and others. The thirteen colonies included Virginia, Delaware, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.

In the early seventeenth century, the English began to establish colonies in the New World. The colonies in New England consisted of New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. While, the colonies making up the Chesapeake region were Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Given that the New England and Chesapeake region were both largely settled by those of English origin, by the 1700 they had evolved into two distinct societies because of the contrast in their geographical locations, their political structure, and their social hierarchy.

In 1607 a group of English settlers built village in Jamestown, Virginia. King Jaime I of England founded a colony in the first seven months after its arrival. Within these colonies we find the New England colonies and South Carolina colonies. We will analyze and compare the government systems, religious and economic development of both colonies and how they were related.

New England is the name given to the Northeastern location of the United States, encompassing Massachusetts to Maine. The name “New England” comes from Captain John Smith, famous explorer of the Chesapeake region, who wrote a piece about the abundance of resources and wealth of the region in a propaganda piece, A Description of New England, in 1616. However, the “New England” region that is known today is nowhere near a literal new England. Due to differences in religious beliefs, climate and geography, and economies, the New England colonies were vastly different from their Crown and home. However, a few hundred miles south, the colonies around the Chesapeake were strikingly similar to Britain, due to their social hierarchy, climates, and

The southernmost part of the original Carolina colony was established as Georgia. In 1732, King George II of England granted a corporate charter to James Oglethorpe to settle the region. Oglethorpe hoped the colony would be a haven for those who needed a fresh start. He wanted Georgia to be a model society for justice and equality.

Able to save the colony with help from the Iroquois and Cherokee. Looking to find a valuable export Carolina tried supplying the the West Indies with livestock and lumber. This although lead to a different export which made Carolina the lead producer of tar. Continuing to experiment with other valuable crops the Carolina’s began planting rice in the 1690’s. This lead to Carolina’s specialization in Rice just as the West Indies were with sugar. Producing also another valuable crop called indigo which created a surge in exports. With all these valuable exports Carolina became of the wealthiest colonial elite. With the amount of plantation Carolina soon had more African slaves than colonists. This lead to the same fear in Barbados with thoughts that the African majority would rebel. With this Carolina adopted the same strict rules against slaves that was used in the West Indies. During the late 1720’s as the hold on the frontier strengthened colonists founded a new colony named Georgia. Led by James Oglethorpe Georgia became a population with a mix of wealthy merchant, gentry, and Anglican

Post-Civil War North Carolina, as a part of the “New South”, was supposed to be an economically and morally prosperous state that was no longer reliant on slave labor. Unfortunately, the abolition of slavery did not abolish the misfortune of black and white North Carolinians alike before 1900. Racism was still very much alive, blacks did not enjoy the rights they supposedly acquired after the war, the same rich families from before the war were still rich, and the people that were poor before the war were still struggling.

The people of the New England and Chesapeake colonies, although came from the same people, turned into very different cultures. For example, in New England, Puritanism was favored while in the Chesapeake region Christianity was practiced. Often times, religion would dictate a certain peoples way of life. Although both religions were strict, both had different ideas. Also, there were disagreements that occurred between the people within a colony. Many other ways of life were established in each of these areas independent of each other.

Beginning 1625, the first colonies in America was established in the Chesapeake, New England, and Carolina region. More than 250,000 European settlers came over to the colonies, along with 300,000 West African slaves. The colonial societies would become the area for gold, god, and glory. Some of the colonies flourished while some struggled to survive.

The different people who started settling in New England and the Chesapeake region could have come from the same country. But what they were looking for made a lot of sense which was; economic, religious and also their social differences. Their different societies started to lead on to different economics. Religion for New England was the most important, it was their goal in life, they wanted to be a religious example. There were a lot of social differences, and of course differences in people as well.

These colonists were motivated by greed and saw a better opportunity to become rich. Therefore the settlers came over from England. A Virginia ship list in 1625 reports the number of people to be transported to Virginia (Doc C). In comparison to New England, there were very few women or families. Most of the people were men of about 20-30 years of age. The ratios and ages suggest that these people were looking to make money over starting families. The Chesapeake colonies were mostly funded by England. The Governor of Virginia, William Berkeley, asked the King of England to help out (Doc G). These colonies maintained fairly close relations with England. They considered themselves part of and under England, and still owed allegiance to England. The Chesapeake region had a colonial assembly. These were mostly local people of the colony. There was also a governor who was appointed by the King of England. The local people of the colony - the colonial assembly- and the English appointed governor shared political power over the region. The House of Burgesses was established in 1619 and was the first representative government in the New World. Similar to the Chesapeake region, the Southern colonies were founded by the upper class and gentry of England. The reason for this was that there were vast areas of land available that were valuable for farming. The Carolinas were

Although immigration continued through the Revolutionary War, the largest percentage of migrants arrived in North Carolina between 1750 and 1760. The heaviest concentration was in the area south of Salisbury and east of Concord in what is now eastern Rowan and Cabarrus counties. These German-speaking people, which records indicate arrived as early as 1728, had little knowledge of English. Described as “fervently religious, they kept to themselves for generations and had little contact with their Scot-Irish and English neighbors who lived in other parts of the counties.